Ricardo Pascoe PierceArgentina repudiated Peronism, Kirchnerism, leftism, and the populist rhetoric accompanying those governments for over two decades. During that time, it has received political support from Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro, Lula Da Silva, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador.Photo:...
Image: EFE/Presidencia on havanatimes.orgRicardo Pascoe PierceFifty years ago tomorrow, General Pinochet and almost the entire Chilean military broke their constitutional oath and staged a coup d'état against the legally elected government of Salvador Allende. The few military commanders who...
How much do people trust that their governments are doing the right thing? Trust in the institutions, confidence in the path toward economic prosperity, shifts in trust from authorities to peers, trust in media, transparency and accountability, rule...
Image: on elespanol.comRicardo Pascoe Pierce.These three characters, AMLO, Trump, and Bolsonaro, profit from the accusation of electoral fraud, while all three were elected Presidents. All three used extreme social, economic, and political polarization as their privileged instrument to hold...
Image: on upnorth.euRicardo Pascoe PierceVladimir Putin faces the Frankenstein he has created. The dictator has been confronted by the military method of governance he has deified. Brute force as a raison d'état. The rebellion of the Russian mercenaries has...
Photo: AP Photo/Gustavo Moreno on columbian.comRicardo Pascoe PierceThe President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, called a meeting of presidents of South American countries to promote a regional integration process. The heads of state of Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia,...
Image: on Twitter/@RobinBrooksIIF Not everywhere; countries like Argentina still have three-digit inflation. Also interesting:Image: The Economist, shared on Whatsapp.Hence, the revaluation of their currencies vs. the US Dollar. Another interesting graph:Image: on Twitter/@pkedrosky.The perception is that AI is a...